, SecurityFocus 2002-03-25
Should hack-and-tell intruders who warn companies about security holes do time with hardened criminals? Security experts probe the ethics of hacking.
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Panel Debates Hacker Amnesty
2002-03-26
Anonymous (2 replies)
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Panel Debates Hacker Amnesty
2002-03-27
Ichinin (Ichinin (at) suespammers (dot) org [email concealed], TEXT messages only NO HTML)
Ichinin (Ichinin (at) suespammers (dot) org [email concealed], TEXT messages only NO HTML)
If some network admin forgets to button up...
then, we should notify asap (of course) and we should not think that it is ok to reach in and play around with what is inside (no matter how tempting the thought)!
We just can't have all our private stuff left just hanging out there for eveyone to see! We all at one time, or another, were told to "button up"... and, after we got over the embarrasement...we were thankful that someone had the b...."what it takes" to tell us in the first place!
-How many others noticed and because of fear they said nothing?????
-How many others noticed and because of their bad charater said nothing... for other possibly more evil reasons?????
Obviously, we should not hang around and stare for long spaces of time thru someone's private "open doors n' WINDOWS (no pun intended)", and we should not venture uninvited into someone elses private areas..., as this is in any instance not only viewed as being "in bad taste"... but, it simply is not lawful (for all the obvious reasons)!
Saddly, concerning the subject matter at hand... - the laws don't make provisions yet for innocent observations of open doors and WINDOWS... where if a "hole or open window" exists... that, there is an acceptable and legal way to notify... :( ??????????????????????????
With all these open doors and WINDOWS (more and more appear everyday)...then, the any site (or in the case of custodial situations, the many individuals who have private stuff behind those walls) are left with the problem(s) that can happen where proper notification may NOT EVER HAPPEN to protect them...and the un-informed party(s) are then left, everyday and every night, 7x24, vulnerable to those with "corrupted minds who often lack proper equipment to make moral and lawful judgements", who often just won't care if a law exists or not (then the damage will be done... and if they can get away with it they will - and if they do they will do it again and again and again... Anyone want to be that they will not?)!
So - Yes folks - notification is a good thing, not bad!
If the king or a queen is wearing no cloths (or is having problems with a few threads:)... then, it should not be against the law to discover this and quickly notify! We are all the better for immediate, instant, and open notification - without fearing...!
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